Helen Vafaie, DO
Psychiatry Physician · San Luis Obispo, CA
Helen Vafaie, DO is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Luis Obispo, California, and NPI 1003805458, issued on Oct 18, 2005. Check the license (California 20A10121, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen Vafaie
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- 20A10121 CA
34007462 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 75 Benton Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
- Phone
- (440) 732-1089
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 13, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 2259336 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220505001831); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New England, College Of Osteo Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Helen Vafaie in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A10121Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
770 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Olanzapine68 claims
- Trazodone Hcl48 claims
- Clonazepam44 claims
- Gabapentin42 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate40 claims
- Haloperidol38 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $113.53
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- County OF TulareVisalia, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen Vafaie among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Helen Vafaie, DO is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 98% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in San Luis Obispo
They are 39 of the 3,403 NPPES records with a practice address in San Luis Obispo, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 8,673 in California → Every provider in San Luis Obispo → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Peter Afsari, D.O.San Luis Obispo, CA 934051013126143
- William Geiger, M.D.San Luis Obispo, CA 934051780687202
- Enn Mannard, M.D.San Luis Obispo, CA 934051568523819
- Ray Rivas, M.D.San Luis Obispo, CA 934051003173816
- Douglas Schave, M.D.San Luis Obispo, CA 934051427263953
- Leo Ingle, M.D.Los Osos, CA 934021831333590
- John Peake, M.D.Los Osos, CA 934021730324674
- Kathryn Unkel, M.D.Los Osos, CA 934021891710877
Common questions
What is Helen Vafaie, DO's NPI number?
Helen Vafaie, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003805458, issued on Oct 18, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen Vafaie, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 75 Benton Way, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93405. Phone: (440) 732-1089. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen Vafaie, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A10121, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Helen Vafaie, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen Vafaie, DO had 770 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.